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Created: 2014-02-20 10:15:14
Modified: 2014-02-20 10:15:14

Active: No
Country:Russia
Site:Vorkuta
GTN-P:RU 106
Responsible Countries: Russia,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +04:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Ivan Valentinovich Derevyanko

Supposed to be "10-12 m away from lake" (see "Disturbance"), however, coordinates are at point ca. 700 m from next lake.

 

 

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – report  value for most recent year or 12 month interval -0.95°C

Depth of zero annual amplitude (or depth of measurement reported above)  (m) 12 m zero amp.

 

AIR TEMPERATURE AND SNOW COVER THICKNESS/DENSITY MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE (indicate frequency of observations): Air temperature: Yes [x] No [ ]    Snow thickness: Yes[x] No[ ]   Density: Yes [ ] No[x]

 

 

NAME AND LOCATION OF CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (latitude, longitude, and distance from borehole, km) – provide (if available) mean monthly air temperature and snow depth of reporting interval for mean annual ground temperatureVorkuta (67°29'N 64°01'E), data for 1946-1999

Depth:16.5 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Diameter:7.3 cm
Drilling Method:Column drilling
Date Drilled:01. Jan 1987
Type:from Vorkuta helicopter 120km, caterpillar 140km
Distance From Road:120000 m
Type:lake
Distance From Heat:10 m
Slope:1 °
Aspect:95.8 °
Permafrost Thickness:500 m
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:stated as "Tundra". However, Google Earth photos in a circuit of about 5 km show both tundra and shrub tundra, so it might be "Shrub Tundra". (Kerstin Gillen)
Landform:Big-land tundra, marine plane QII4
Lithology:0.0-1.3m sandy soil, 1.3-3.3m ice, 3.3-4m peat, 4-10.7m sand, 10.7-16.5m silt
Morphology:bottom of the dried lake
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Longitude:61.43333333 °
Latitude:67.95 °
Elevation:141.36000061 m
EPSG:4326
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